Leroy DeAgrella, the husband of Nalini DeAgrella, who leapt to her death from the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) on Tuesday, remained in custody at the Providence Police Station up to press time last night.
A relative said that he was feeling much better after earlier being hospitalized and they expected that he would be released today. The man was questioned about the incident and gave the police a statement, this newspaper was told.
A mother of five, DeAgrella, 40, of Lot 26, Independence Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD), was reported to have jumped off the DHB into the Demerara River shortly after 1 am on Tuesday.
The police said Leroy also jumped into the river, in a failed attempt to rescue her. He was rescued and subsequently admitted to hospital.
The police stated that initial investigations revealed that the woman and her husband reportedly had an argument while crossing the bridge in their motor vehicle. She requested that her husband stop the vehicle and then jumped off the bridge into the river, police said.
Police sources had told Stabroek News that the matter is being thoroughly investigated since Leroy reportedly gave conflicting accounts of the events which led to his wife ending up in the river.
The woman’s body surfaced along the right bank of the river in the vicinity of the jetty in Kingston around 10 am on Tuesday.
Her body is now at the Lyken’s Funeral Home and a post mortem– examination is expected to be performed later this week.
